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Shane Sims
American ice hockey player
Shane Sims (born April 30, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who briefly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders.[1]
| Shane Sims | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1988-04-30) April 30, 1988 (age 36) East Amherst, New York, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
New York Islanders Aalborg Pirates HC TWK Innsbruck HC Gherdëina | ||
| NHL draft |
126th overall, 2006 New York Islanders | ||
| Playing career | 2011–2016 | ||
Sims attended Ohio State University.[2] Sims was drafted 126th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. On April 9, 2011 he signed a one-day NHL regular season amateur tryout agreement.[3] On April 9, 2011, Sims made his NHL debut as he appeared in the final game of the 2010–2011 season against the Philadelphia Flyers.[4]
After two seasons abroad in Denmark and Austria, with Aalborg Pirates and HC TWK Innsbruck respectively, Sims returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL on September 22, 2014.[5]
On August 4, 2015, Sims returned to Europe in agreeing to a one-year contract to end his career with Italian club, HC Gherdëina of the Serie A.[6]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Buffalo Lightning | OPJHL | 43 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | 59 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | 59 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 137 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 39 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 42 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Ohio State University | CCHA | 37 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Gwinnett Gladiators | ECHL | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Aalborg Pirates | DEN | 39 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC TWK Innsbruck | AUT | 47 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 65 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Gherdëina | ITA | 40 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| ECHL totals | 112 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
- "Shane Sims". Hockey'sfuture. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- "OSU PLAYER PROFILE:SHANE SIMS". Ohio State Profile. Retrieved 10 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
- "Islanders Press Release: 9 April 2011". islanders.nhl.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- "Flyers 7 (EN), Islanders 4: Wild finish to a wild season". Lighthousehockey.com. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- "Walleye ink defenseman". oursportscentral.com. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- "HCG sign American defenseman" (in Italian). HC Gherdëina. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-04.[permanent dead link]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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